
Sociocultural Potential of Museums: Identity and Local Solidarity
On April 12, 2023, within the framework of the XXIV Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, a session "Sociocultural Potential of Museums: Identity and Local Solidarity" was held (Moderator: N. Bolshakov (ILSIR, HSE University).

Participation of long-distance seafarers in informal economic practices in the 1970s and 1990s: public and private
Pavel Ovchinnikov, an Research Assistant at our laboratory, a master's student of the Sociology of Public and Business Sphere master’s program, spoke at the International Scientific Conference "Commodity – money – commodity? Patterns and paradoxes of trade in the USSR and beyond".

The articles of the staff of the laboratory are published in the journal "Social Policy and Society"
Articles by Elena R. Iarskaia-Smirnova (laboratory head), Linda Jean Cook (academic supervisor), leading researchers Daria Prisyazhniuk and Mike Titterton are published in the thematic issue of the journal Social Policy and Society.

Cultural citizenship: definition and empirical applicability
On March 6, 2023, the ILSIR seminar was devoted to the discussion of the concept of "cultural citizenship". The report on their research was presented by the laboratory staff - Senior Research Fellow Tatiana Vlasova and Research Assistant Danila Ivanov. The debater was Maria Kozlova, Chief Research Fellow of the ILSIR.

The place of professional knowledge and skills in the practice of volunteering for the socially oriented non-profit sector of the regions of Russia
On March 1, 2023, the ILSIR seminar was held, dedicated to the report of the Senior Research Fellow of the ILSIR Konstantin Obukhov on the topic "The place of professional knowledge and skills in the practice of volunteering for the socially oriented non-profit sector of the regions of Russia".
The debater was a Research Assistant of the ILSIR Polina Guseva.

Artem Oganyan took part in the XII Winter Sociological School
The XII Winter School on the topic "Modern Researcher: communication, analytics, consulting" was held from February 15 to 19, 2023. The School was organized by All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion in partnership with Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

ILSIR congratulates the participants of the Winter School of the Faculty of Social Sciences – 2023!
On February 12, 2023, the Winter School of the HSE Faculty of Social Sciences was completed, during which participants – potential applicants of a master’s programme in Sociology - presented the results of research projects on topics proposed by the programmes and affecting a variety of spheres of public life.

We invite everyone to join the ILSIR team!
The International Laboratory for Social Integration Research invites the most active, proactive and interested in the implementation of research projects of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students of the HSE to become part of our team! We are pleased to announce the opening of a competition for the position of a Research Assistant!




